Guides

Want to learn more about CAN bus, OBD2, J1939
- or how to record and process CAN data? 

This section contains intros to automotive protocols and practical guides to data logging. See also below:

CAN Bus J1939 OBD2 Data Logger Simple Intro Guides


Simple intros (protocols)

Check out our simple intros to the most common CAN related protocols .

CAN Bus Explained - A Simple Intro CAN bus intro
J1939 Explained - A Simple Intro J1939 intro
OBD2 Explained - A Simple Intro OBD2 intro
Unified Diagnostic Services Explained - A Simple Intro UDS intro
CANopen Explained - A Simple Intro CANopen intro
CAN FD Explained - A Simple Intro CAN FD intro
LIN Bus Explained - A Simple Intro LIN bus intro
NMEA 2000 Explained - A Simple Intro NMEA 2000 intro
CCP / XCP on CAN Explained - A Simple Intro CCP/XCP intro
CAN Bus Errors Explained - A Simple Intro CAN errors intro
ISOBUS Explained - A Simple Intro ISOBUS intro


Simple intros (file formats)

Below are intros to the most common CAN related file formats.

CAN DBC Files Explained - A Simple Intro DBC intro
LIN Description Files (LDF) Explained - A Simple Intro LDF intro
CANopen EDS Files (Electronic Data Sheet) - A Simple Intro EDS intro
A2L File Explained - a Simple Intro A2L intro
MDF4 CAN Bus Data Format Intro MF4 intro


Application examples

The below solution articles provide in-depth examples of how the CANedge/CLX000 can be used in practice.

Blackbox CAN Logger Blackbox logger
WIFI J1939 DATA LOGGER: SIMPLE TELEMATICS FOR FLEETS J1939 logger
OBD2 DATA LOGGER: EASILY LOG & CONVERT OBD2 DATA OBD2 logger
CLOUD BATTERY MANAGEMENT - INTRO & GETTING STARTED EV logger
CANopen Data Analyzer Logger CANopen logger
CAN FD DATA LOGGER (FLEXIBLE DATA-RATE) CAN FD logger
LIN BUS DATA LOGGER HYBRID CAN/LIN LIN logger
MARINE TELEMATICS NMEA 2000 DATA LOGGER Marine telematics
Mining Telematics IoT Data Logger Mining telematics
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE 4.0 - IOT CAN BUS DATA Predictive maint.
REVERSE ENGINEERING CAN BUS MESSAGES CAN sniffer
Secure vehicle telematics CAN bus data logger J1939 OBD2 Secure CAN logging
CAN telematics at scale CAN telematics
CAN Bus Signal Alerts Grafana CAN signal alerts


CANedge & software

Learn more about the CANedge and the free software/API tools.

asammdf github open source tool CAN bus data logger MDF4 MF4 asammdf GUI
ASAM MDF4 Measurement Data Format Converters ASC TRC CSV MF4 converters
MF4 Decoders DBC decode CAN bus data MF4 decoders
Telematics Dashboard Open Source Dashboards
Python CAN Bus API Python MF4 API
MATLAB CAN Bus MF4 Data MATLAB
CANcloud Open Source Telematics Platform CANcloud
CANedge2 Web Server Interface Web server





CANedge data integration examples

The below articles showcase how you can integrate your CANedge CAN/LIN data with various software tools.

ChatGPT + CAN Intro ChatGPT + CAN
Excel + CAN Intro Excel + CAN
Grafana-BigQuery dashboards Grafana-BigQuery
Grafana-BigQuery dashboards Grafana-Synapse
PowerBI-BigQuery dashboards PowerBI-Synapse


CLX000/CANmod software

Learn more about the CLX000 and CANmod series - and the free, open source software/API tools.

SavvyCAN Open Source Software - CAN Bus Interface SavvyCAN
Python CAN-USB API Streaming Python CAN-USB


Converters & misc

Here we list online converter tools and other articles

Online DBC file editor DBC file editor
OBD2 PID Table Lookup Tool OBD2 PIDs
OBD2 DTC Lookup Tool OBD2 DTCs
J1939 ONLINE ID-TO-PGN CONVERTER J1939 converter
ONLINE CAN FD CALCULATOR - EFFICIENCY AND BAUD RATE CAN FD calculator
HOW TO TRANSMIT CAN BUS MESSAGES: OBD-II PID EXAMPLE Transmit OBD2
CAN BUS ILLUSTRATION GALLERY CAN gallery